Armed with my cuisinart, sorbet comes in a close second when I need to create something edibly amazing. Here are two flavors that are like ambrosia to the palattes of those you share them with.
Apricot-Honey-Ginger-Cinnamon Sorbet
15 apricots
1/2 cup honey
juice of 1 lime
pinch of salt
dash or two of cinnamon
small chunk of ginger.
1/2 cup frozen mango chunks
1 [...]

Chocolate-Cacao-Doublemint-Coconut ice cream

1/2 cup coconut flakes
2 cans full fat coconut milk
1/2 cup coconut oil
1/2 – 3/4 cup packed fresh mint leaves
1/4 – 1/2 cup chocolate powder
1/4 – 1/2 cup honey
pinch of salt
1/4 cup (or less) of cacao nibs
1. blend all ingredients in the blender until smooth
2. pour into frozen ice cream maker tub
3. turn on [...]

Rose Petal Coconut Ice Cream
A rose by any other spoonful would be just as sweet…
2 cans full fat coconut milk
1/2 cup coconut flakes
1/2 cup coconut oil
1/4 – 1/2 cup honey
pinch of salt
1 – 1 1/2 cup (packed) rinsed fresh, smelly rose petals
1/4 cup rose water
1. blend all ingredients in the blender until smooth
2. pour into frozen [...]

I love that scene in The Muppet Movie where Fozzie Bear goes to get ice cream cones at the fair, and he orders one honey and “one dragonfly ripple for the frog.”
Back in my undergrad days, the pastor at the ecumenical center on campus always seemed to know the Flavor of the Day at Culver’s and [...]

One of my most favorite poems to settle into:
Wild Geese
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the [...]

I’ve been lucky to have enjoyed some wonderful spa-spaces in my lifetime-to-date, including most wonderful 10,000 Waves Spa in Santa Fe. Every moment of spa-time feels so lush that I never want it to end and yet always end up anxious during the treatment knowing that it will end sooner than I want it to.  I am [...]